Sonia Friedman, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions, producers of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, have confirmed the record-breaking production will open in early 2019 in Melbourne, Australia, exclusively and only at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre.
Following its Australian premiere in Sydney, the producers have confirmed that Beautiful: The Carole King Musical will travel to Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide in 2018. It will begin performances at Melbourne’s Her Majesty’s Theatre on 16 February, and play Brisbane’s Lyric Theatre, QPAC from July 2018 and Adelaide’s Festival Theatre from December 2018.
The four leading men cast by Broadway director Des McAnuff to play Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons in the hit musical JerseyBoys have been announced.
After auditioning 450 artists nationwide, the cast is a combination of exciting and emerging Australian talent. They will star in the keenly-anticipated season of JerseyBoys, which opens at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre in September 2018.
The 2017 Rob Guest Endowment Finalists have been announced. Competing against over 250 applicants, six artists were chosen by an expert panel of judges, which included Kellie Dickerson, Martin Croft, David Skelton, Dana Jolly, Andrew Pole, Michael Tyack, Geoffrey Castles and Gary Young.
The 2017 Finalists are Stefanie Caccamo, Jayme-Lee Hanekom, Georgina Hopson, Thomas McGuane, Imogen Moore and Morgan Palmer.
Now in its eighth successful year, Sport for Jove Theatre’s 2018 season features the world premiere of two new Australian works and an iconic American classic, new partnerships with regional theatres, and their annual Summer Season, two classic productions performed outdoors over the Sydney summer.
OUTDOOR SPORT – SUMMER 2017/18
Measure For Measure
By William Shakespeare
Directed By Lizzie Schebesta
The Hayes Theatre Co in Sydney has announced its 2018 season of musicals and cabaret. Going into its fifth year of programming this is the first time an entire year has been announced.
Coral Drouyn talks to British Superstars Michael Ball and Alfie Boe, discovering how fate brought about their spectacular musical partnership.
When super stars cross each other’s paths in space, the result is usually a powerful explosion, and the same rules apply in Musical Theatre. And there are no bigger Superstars in the West End world of Musicals than Michael Ball and Alfie Boe.
The Tony® and Grammy®-Award winning rock musical Green Day’s American Idiot will make its Sydney debut in the Concert Hall in January 2018, at the beginning of a national tour, with Grinspoon’s Phil Jamieson in the starring role.
From roaring adventure to seductive siren songs, family classics to never-ending fun, Victorian Opera’s Season 2018 Encounters boasts epic Australian premieres and new unlimited Season Passes for audiences aged 30 years and under.
